A MAN has been arrested for allegedly raping a British woman while she was lying unconscious in a holiday hotspot in Spain.
Several people are said to have witnessed the assault in the early hours of this morning in Playa de Parma, Majorca.
They called the police and held the man alleged to have been responsible for the horror attack until officers arrived on the scene.
The woman, said to be a British tourist aged around 50, was taken to hospital.
A number of people in the area saw the man having sex with a woman who was lying in the street and apparently unconscious, according to Diario de Mallorca.
They reportedly intervened to stop the attack and a local police patrol rushed to the scene.
The woman’s clothing had been tampered with and she was not responding, says the island newspaper.
Witnesses gave a description of the man and he was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault.
He is reported to be a German man in his forties.
The man was taken to a police station for questioning whilst the woman was transferred to hospital.
Local news says the attack was witnessed by “dozens of people” as the street was in a central part of the resort.
National police have taken over the investigation.
